Awning fixture



May 8, 1923. 1,454,37

J. A. cocHRA'N AWNING FIXTURE Filed June 20, 1921 i "iiiiil' 0 Illa! Patented May 8, 1923.

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JOHN A. COCHRAN, or PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, nssreivon T0. ANDREW swnnrnrnir,

or LoS'ANGrELES, CALIFORNIA.

AWNING- FIXTURE.

Application filed June 20, 1921. Serial. No; 47.9;1GG..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that. 1, Joan A. CooHRAN, a citizen of. the United States, and a resident of Pasadena, in. the county of Los Angeles and. State of Californiayhave', invented new and useful Improvements in Awning Fixtures, of which. the; following. is. a. speoifi cation.

This. invention relates to, awning fixtures 10 and. has for itsprincipal object to provide a adjacentthe usual. opening provided. in the frolneach. side of. the awning. A. pair of cords areused for operating the. awning, a cordbeing disposed adjacent each; side thereof. Each cordis. fixed .at oneend to the wall of the building or. other surfaceadj acentthe upper end of the. awning, andis passed downward. over the protruding endof the pole. and. thence upward.

All opening is: provided. in the wall in alignment with one of the cords, which. cord,

passes through thisopening. to the other side of the wall or to the interior of the, building or room. The othercordl passing over the. remote end. of: the. pole is carried vertically upwardi along side of the awning and.

passes over a, pulley fixed. to the wall, adj acentthat side of the. awning. This cord is,

passed trom. the. pulley, horizontally across;

adjacent. theuipper end. of the awning, to the opening provided. in the wall'. Thus, the operatedllend: of both cords passesthrough the same. opening; and the; awning. is raised I or lowered, as desired hy meansofthecords; .which. are. operated jointly.

It. is, found-in practice. however that the. cords. do. not operate readily, inasmuch as they tend to. draw unevenly and wear rapidly on being drawn over roughsurfaces... such. as theimar'gins. inthe' opening at the wall. It. is theret'ore an object ofmy-invention to pro-, vide. a. fixture adapted to he placed over or wall, the: fixture. being; adapted. to guide. the:

cords, to. facilitate smooth operation and, to

pnevent abrasion. thereofl To thi'send Lhaveprevided and will here on line k-fotfFi'g.

inafterrdescribe, a= fixture of the. above: character which. embodies two, sheaves; rfotatably mounted therein. one; sheave having its; axis of rotation disposed; at right angles to the axis ofrotati'on of the other sheave,

I- have illustratedfmy inventionin the accompanying, drawi'ngs,.in,which.:

v 1 is aplfan' view of one embodimentof the invention Fig; Zis aview infsecti'on asseen on line 22 oflFig 1. Fig- 3. is a. VlQWf in front elevation; of an of the. verticalor drop typa illustrating; the application of my invention thereto.

Fig. 4c, is a; view invertical seotion asrseen Fig. 5. is a, view in end'e'l'evation of. another type of awning.) showing the. application. of thefixture to. that. type. I

carrying out, my invention,; I employ the. fixture. 6 shown particularly in Figs. 1 and. 2,. wh iich. in the embodiment. shown: c'ompri'ses. two brackets"? ates, whichjpintly hold? a pair .ot sheaves, 9a nd10' rotatably mounted upon and. supported thereby-Ion. a. common.p lane. The. sheaves are, disposed. so

angles to the center ofrotfatiofimojfthe other. The bracket-s may be otl any suitable construction for the, purpose of rotatably holidinnthe sheaves, but. inthe preferred emhodi-ment of theinvention as illustrated, the

that. the. oenterofrot'atien of'onei's at night,

brackets-are formed with a vertical wallill bent at right anglesasind'ic atedat.IZQ-the bracket 8 being therefore: shorterithanthe bracket 7 so.- that corresponding ends, 13,13 and 14, 14 are parallel. The brack et 7 "isfprm videdj with a base portion 15f extending at an angles, of 455 degrees, with respect to. the major axis of, each. wall,' and is termed with rounded ends 16,- to present neatjappearance. Each. endoff the baseportion is provided;with openings 1"? for receiving' serews L8 to hold. the fixture securely. inposition. upon thew'allor other surface. V It will be observed that the base, portion; and the. walls are formedintegra lly from. a blank of sheet metal; and the construction although ex tremely simple is rigidl- Thel'bracket ber 1-0 is providedjwith atriang -ul'ariweb .19' tfbrmed integrally with the vertical wall of the; member which is also formed; from; a. single piece off metal to permit ofjeeonornical mania-t rn Whi e rrel iel a m fi le ity. Each sheave is provided with a pin 20, passing loosely therethrough, upon which the sheaves rotate. The pins serve also to join bracket 9 to the bracket 10 to form a unit fixture. For this purpose an end 21 of the pin is formed with a rounded head of en larged diameter, and the other end 22 is peened over, after the manner of a rivet to hold the two members infixed spaced relation to each other, a shoulder 23 being provided on this pin adjacent each end and abutting the inner surfaces of the members 9 and 10.

Referring now particularly to Figs. 3 and v 4, 25 indicates an awning of the vertical type; shown in its fully lowered position; for the purpose of closing a window 26 or a similar aperture in a building. The awning is secured at its upper end 27 to a casement 28 by means of hooks and eye-bolts 29 and 30 respectively. After the manner common to these awnings, a pole 31 is provided at the lower end thereof having its ends 32 and 33 respectively, protruding be yond the adjacent sides thereof. The awning is adapted to be raised and lowered by means of two cords 34 and 35 respectively, each of which are fixed at their upper ends, as at 36, to the easement at a point somewhat above the top of the awning. At a position above the awning and immediately to one side thereof, is located the fixture 6 which is secured to the casement as explained, and disposed so that the space 37 between the two members of the fixture is disposed. in alignment with an opening 38 provided in the casement. The fixture is so disposed that one sheave has its axis of rotation on a vertical plane. The cord 34 passes downwardly from the point at which it is secured to the casement and over the protruding end of the pole and thence upward over the sheave 10 through the space 37 and the opening 38, The cord 35 is similarly arranged over the other end of the pole and passes vertically upward parallel with the adjacent side of the awning to a pulley 39 which is fixed to the casement in alignment with the cord, and over which the cord passes so as to extend horizontally across the casementabove the awning to the other sheave of the fixture. This cord likewise passes through the space 37 and I the opening 38. This arrangement results in the ends of each cord being convenient for operation within the interior of a building or' any point behind the wall.

7 To raise the awning from the position shown, both cords are drawn inwardly over their respective sheaves which rotate freely and definitely guide these cords. By virtue of the frictional contact of the cords with the respective ends of the pole, the pole will be caused to rotate as the cords are drawn inwardly to decrease the distance between the looped end thereof, and the fixed end of the awning. As the pole isthus rotated, the awning is wound around it as the pole rises,"in the manner well known. and common to these types of awnings.

.-,It will be observed that the sheaves hold the cords passing thereover spaced from contact with any surface and further hold them definitely in alignment relative to the respective ends of the pole, as well as holding the cord aligned relative to the pulley, so that the usual uneven operation or abrasion of the cord is obviated.

Referring now to Fig. 5, the invention is shown as applied to an awning 40 of the sloping type, in which a pole 41, having its ends 42 protruding through the awning ride upon and are supported by a tubular frame structure 43, common to these types of awnings. which is fixed to an outer wall of a building 44. The awning is operated in a manner similar to the one above described, and is for this purpose provided with two operating cords, 45, and 46, each having an end fixed to the building as at In the structure shown the fixture 6 is mounted in a manner substantially the same as shown in Fig. 5 and the cords pass through an opening 49 provided in the wall 50 of the building 51 to the interior thereof. The awning is raised or lowered by operating the cords in the manner described, The.

frictional contact of the cords with the end of the pole causing the pole to rotate and wind the awning thereon as it is drawn upwardly upon the frame.

It is apparent that I may modify the arrangement and structure of my invention within the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention or enlarging the scope thereof.

What I claim is:

1. An awning fixture comprising a bracket formed of two members having base portions in the same plane, for attachment to a wall or the like, and correspondingly formed right angular vertical portions uniformly spaced apart, a pair of sheaves mounted between said vertical portions, and having theiraxis disposed at right angles and in the same plane, said sheaves being held between the parallel vertical portions of said bracket members for receiving and confining cords adapted to be extended over said pulleys in the space of said bracket.

2. An awning fixture comprising a bracket formed of two members having base portions in the same plane for attachment to a wall or the like, and correspondingly right angularly formed vertical portions uniformly spaced apart, a pair of sheaves mounted between said vertical portions and having their axis disposed at right angles and in the same plane. said sheaves being held between the parallel vertical portions of said bracket members for receiving and confining cords adapted to be extended over said pulleys in the space of said bracket, and pins rigidly connecting the parallel vertical portions of said bracket members and forming bearings for said sheaves.

3. An awning fixture including a bracket member having right angularly disposed portions, webs extending outwardly from said portions for attachment to a wall or the like, a secondary bracket member also having right angularly formed portions paralleling the right angular portions on said first member, and spaced therefrom, and provided with a web portion for attachment to the wall pins, spanning the spaces between and rigidly connecting the parallel portions of said bracket members,

and sheaves rotatably held on said pins and between said bracket members, as described,

JOHN A. COGHRAN.

Witnesses:

R0131. H. FoLsoM, IRENE BREEN. 

